Lost it in it all naively shouting ‘No to war’.

I still remember that 14 year old girl; shouting ‘No to war’.
British by nationality,
and 3arbiya by identity.
Lost it in it all naively shouting ‘No to war’.

They told us Iraq was to be freed.
They showed us liberation,
When in fact places like Fallujah was getting forcefully stormed into.
They showed us jubilation,
When in fact people’s houses were getting stormed into.
They told us Iraq was to be freed.
They told us we would be doing a good deed.

They mentioned weapons of mass destruction
Never will they mention the 5 million orphans left with a life full of destruction.

I watched Abu Ghraib.
Yet they tried to hide a nation’s deprivation.
I watched Abu Ghraib.
Yet they carried on talking about Iraq’s so called liberation.

The tyrant captured; yet the country still bled.
As over hundreds of thousands were left for dead.

My first ever protest was for Iraq.
Even at 14; I knew something didn’t look right.
Looking back on your horrors Iraq, I’ll forever have a feeling of utter pitiful.
Nearly nine years on and we see nothing but a lie; nearly nine years on I pay my respects and I just write.
Looking at all that’s being said, I see occupiers leaving a ruin; yet wanting a nation thankful?

Nearly 9 Years on and as I pay my taxes; as I pay my dues I think of all the killing I have unwillingly funded.
I think of what child is an orphan because his family was a wrong target?
Nearly 9 years on and as I pay my taxes; as I pay my dues I am ashamed my unwilling support wasn’t anticipated.

I still remember that 14 year old girl.
British by nationality,
and 3arbiya by identity.
Lost it in it all naively shouting ‘No to war’.

The Iraq War has left 740,00 women widowed. 4.5 million people forced from their homes. The war has left 113,728 dead.

The Iraq war was a fabrication by the USA & UK – Sealed with the blood of Iraqis & sold to the world.

For any who really want to know more about the Iraq war I suggest you watch “The war you don’t see” by John Pilger.